February 01, 2022

077 - Take a Nap, Plant a Tree

1 hour 2 minutes

Everything you've ever been told about sleep is wrong. Take it from Cass, she's now a sleep history expert* teaching us all about biphasic and polyphasic sleep and how, of course, capitalism has ruined the party again. Then, Nat introduces us to Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai who made an economical and ecological impact one tree at a time. (*no she isn't)

Monophasic, Biphasic & Polyphasic Sleep Schedules

Depiction of communal sleeping in middle ages

More medieval communal sleeping

Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai & her nobel prize

The Green Belt volunteers hard at work

SOURCES:

Sleep: BBC

Wangari Maathai: NobelPrize.org, UNESCO, The Green Belt Movement, Wikipedia, Encyclopedia Britannica

More detailed sources on our website.

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CREDITS:

Original Theme: Garreth Spinn

Original Art: Sarah Cruz

Animations & Addtl Design: The Banditry Co.

About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

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